Bottle-washer.



No. 684,665. Patented Oct. l5, IBM.

J. BABIS. 1

BOTTLE WASHER.

(Application filed Apr. 24. 1899.)

(No Model.)

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NITE STATES rrIcE.

ATENT ASSIGNMENTS, TO S. S. l/VENZELL PHIA, PORATION or wnsr VIRGINIA.

MACHINE COMPANY, OF PHILADEL- PENNSYLVANIA, AND CHARLESTON, WESTVIRGINIA, A COR- BOTTLE WASH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,665, dated October15, 1901. Application filed April 24, 1899. Serial No. 714,238. (Nomodel.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BABIS, a citizen of the United States, residingin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements inBottle-VVashers, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to so construct a cleaner forbottle-washing machines that the centrifugal force d no to the rapidrotation of the cleaner can freely act to press the cleaner forciblyagainst the walls of the bottle, a further object being to provide aspecial form of brush designed to act effectively upon all portions ofthe interior of the bottle. These objects I attain in the mannerhereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, showing the cleaneras it appears when not in use. Fig. 2 is a View showing the cleaneracting upon the expanded portion or shoulder of the bottle. Fig. 3 is aview showing the cleaner acting upon the bottom of the bottle. Fig. 4 isan enlarged section 011 the line 1; c, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlargedsection on the line w to, Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged section onthe line a :0, Fig. 1.

The rotatingstem or spindle of the machine which carries the cleaner isshown at l in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, this stein being slotted at the upperend for the reception of the lower ends of two arms 2 2, which lie sideby side in the slotted portion of the stem or spindle l and are pivotedthereto by a transverse pin 8, so that each arm is free to swingoutwardly under the influence of centrifugal force when the stem 1 israpidly rotated.

Each of the arms 2 consists of a flat blade of metal bent or twisted tothe extent of a quarter-turn, so that the outer portion of each arm isat right angles to its inner portion and the outer portion of each armcarries a rubber brush of the character shown in Figs. 1, 4, 5, and 6.The said brush is made of rubber or equivalent material and consists ofa socket 4:, adapted for the reception of the outer end of the arm 2, towhich it snugly fits, said socket having upon its outer side a thincentral projecting fin 5. At its upper end the socket 4 joins anupwardlyprojecting finger 6 and an outwardly-projecting finger 7, andalong both of said fingers extends a central projecting rib 8.

As the fin5 and fingers (3 and 7 are preferably flexible they permit ofthe contraction of the cleaner, so that it can be readily introducedinto or drawn from the neck of a bottle; but when the stem or spindle 1is rotated the centrifugal action tends to throw the brushes out againstthe inner wall of the bottle with a force dependent upon the speed ofrotation of said stem or spindle, the tin 5, fin gers 6 and 7, and rib 8brushing against the walls of the bottle and accommodating themselves toany and all of the contours of the latter. Thus, as shown in Fig. 2, theparts will readily accommodate themselves to the curved shoulder of thebottle, while, as shown in Fig. 3, the fingers 6, which as the stem 1rises in the bottle were first projected into the narrow space betweenthe sides of the bottle and the raised central bulb at the bottom of thesame, will, as the movement is continned, follow the contour of saidcentral projection or bulb, the fingers 7 entering the contractedannular space between said bulb and the sides of the bottle,thus-effectually reaching and cleansing the portion of the bottle whichis usually most difficult of access.

In some cases the spindle 1 may have but a single swinging arm; but itis preferable in all cases to have two or more arms equidistantlydisposed, so as to insure proper balance.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. The combination in a bottle-cleaner, of a rotatablestem or spindle, with an arm or arms pivoted thereto so as to be free toswing outward by centrifugal action and each carrying a cleaning-brushindependent of and disconnected from that of the other arm,substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a rotatable stem or spindle, with a cleaner-armpivoted thereto so as to be free to swing outwardly, said arm consistingof a flat blade or plate bent or twisted to the extent of a quarter-turnso that its outer portion is at a right angle to the insocket, flexiblefingers projecting therefrom at diiferent angles, and both free at theirouter ends, said fingers being adapted to simultaneously act uponadjacent portions of the walls of the bottle, substantially asspecified.

4. The within-described brush fora bottlewashing machine, said brushconsisting of a socket adapted for the reception of a carrierarm andhaving at the end flexible fingers projecting therefrom at differentangles, both of said fingers having on their outer faces projecting ribsand both being free at their other ends, substantially as specified.

5. The within-described brush for a bottlewashing machine, said brushconsisting of a socket adapted for the reception of a carrieres4,se5

arm and having a central flexible fin projecting outwardly therefrom,substantially as specified.

6. The within-described brush or cleaner for a bottle-washing machine,the same consisting of a socket adapted for the reception of acarrier-arm and having a central flexible fin projecting outwardlytherefrom, and at the end a flexible finger projecting therefrom at anangle, substantially as specified.

7. The within-described brush fora bottlewashing machine,- the sameconsisting of a socket adapted for the reception of a carrierarm andhaving a central flexible fin projectin g outwardly therefrom, and atthe end flexible fingers projecting from the socket at different angles,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN BABIS.

Vitnesses:

FRANK E. BECHTOLD, Jos. IT. KLEIN.

